Technophobia Mediates the Associations Between Age, Education Level, and Readiness to Adopt New (Health) Technology Among Aging Adults.
| Autor: | Smrke U; Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia., Špes T; Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia., Mlakar I; Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia., Musil B; Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia., Plohl N; Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society [J Appl Gerontol] 2024 Aug 23, pp. 7334648241274260. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Aug 23. |
| DOI: | 10.1177/07334648241274260 |
| Abstrakt: | Current research on technophobia and readiness to adopt new technology in the aging population is often limited to the context of specific technologies and treat s technophobia as a unidimensional construct. In this study, we investigate the role of demographic variables and various aspects of technophobia in determining Slovenian aging adults' readiness to adopt new technology. Partial least squares structural equation modeling revealed that age and educational level generally significantly predicted technophobia and indirectly contributed to readiness to adopt new technology via the human versus machine ambiguity dimension of technophobia. Moreover, age and human versus machine ambiguity were significant direct negative predictors of readiness to adopt new technology. Findings obtained specifically in the health sub-domain were similar. Our results have important implications for addressing the low adoption of new technology among aging adults as they provide guidance on whom should be targeted with interventions and which aspects need to be addressed. Competing Interests: Declaration of Conflicting InterestsThe author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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